 | University of Virginia record March, 1910 |  |
ASTRONOMY.
Professor Simpson.
Astronomy will be taught by text-book, lectures, problems, and
observational exercises. A knowledge of plane trigonometry is
devote entire attention to the one subject.
1. Practical Astronomy.—The topics treated will be co-ordinates
of position and their transformations, astronomical instruments, the
fundamental problems, observations and their correction.
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Medical Building 1.
2. The Solar System—Mathematical Considerations.—The topics
treated will be the motions of planets and satellites, eclipses, the
problems of two and of three bodies, tides, determination of the
sun's distance.
Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Medical Building 1.
3. The Solar System—Physical Considerations.—The topics treated
will be the forms, magnitudes, constitution, and physical conditions
of the sun, planets, and satellites.
Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Medical Building 1.
4. The Stellar Universe.—The topics treated will be as follows:
Comets, meteors; constitution, light, distance, and motion of the
stars; double stars, clusters, nebulae, and the theory of stellar
evolution.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Medical Building 1.
Text-Book.—oung's General Astronomy will be used in all courses.
Credit.—Any student who fulfills the conditions set forth on pages
16 and 17 and who completes successfully the four courses outlined
above will be credited with Astronomy 1 B.
| University of Virginia record March, 1910 | |